[346] Qur’ān lxix. 19.
[347] Qur’ān lxix. 25.
[348] The Persian equivalent of our ”carrying coals to Newcastle.”
[349] A metallic mirror, formerly much used.
[350] Qur’ān vii. 11.
[351] I have failed to discover the name and history of the individual here used to point a moral by our great poet. Ibnu-Hishām and Nawawī do not mention him.—Translator.
[352] Osmān.
[353] Qur’ān xxxvi. 7.
[354] Qur’ān xxxvi. 8.
[355] Qur’ān xcix. 1.